双臂 (shuāng bì) — both arms; two arms | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

both armstwo arms

Measure word · 双

双臂。
Tā jǔ qǐ le shuāng bì.
He raised his arms.
双臂。
Tā yòng shuāng bì yōng bào le tā.
She hugged him with both arms.
双臂。
Wǔ zhě de shuāng bì fēi cháng róu ruǎn.
The dancer's arms are very flexible.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

双 means two and 臂 means arm; together they mean both arms.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

又又双

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

肉肉ròumeat; flesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

辟

Same sound today

臂 includes 肉, meaning meat or flesh, and 辟, which gives the character its sound.

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